Divine Harem: My Sect of Heavenly Beauties

Chapter 232  Trickery

The saber looked imposing and the moment it materialized into existence, it brought a oppressive might with it.

"Now, we\'re even," Li Hai laughed and raised his saber above his head, as the the temperature around them began to rise rapidly.

"Infernal Saber Domain!" He shouted, as a a flames rained down on them as if a sea of magma had erupted.

However, Lan Ming didn\'t even flinch as she simply gave a cold harrumph and held her dark sword before her in both of her hands.

The flames hit her and tried to consume, but it was if she was immune to them that nothing worked. With a soft sigh, Lan Ming said as her voice echoed in the area.

"Astral Sword Array!"

Instantly, the sky that was filled with crimson flames had an addition as hundreds of Qi blades formed and attacked the flames, dispersing them.

As he watched the fight in the air, Li Hai said, "That cloak or whatever it is, it\'s a treasure right."

"Everything is gift from master!" Lan Ming said, as she took a step forward and disappeared, appearing directly before Li Hai trying to pierce her sword in his chest.

Li Hai raised his saber and deflected the blow, but it carried a lot of impact so he was also pushed back. Grinning widely, he let loose of the limits he had put on himself.

An oppressive might descended on the battlefield, stunning Lan Ming for a second. Before she could get used to this new environment, Li Hai was already upon her, bringing his saber down in a descending slash.

Right at that moment, a few of the Energy blades pierced Li Hai from behind. But he didn\'t even bother with them as he continued on his assault.

However, at the very last moment, he felt as if he had cut a soft cushion. Frowning, he did a wide sweep with his sabe, sending an energy wave that destroyed a large area of the Settlement.

"Where are you, Girl?" Li Hai shouted, as he prepared to defend against any sneak attack. Just the small exchange of blows had given him a rough understanding of his opponent\'s strength.

And it wasn\'t any lower than his. So, he didn\'t dare to let his guard down even for a moment.

As he heard no response and also didn\'t notice anyone, his frown deepened as he thought, \'Weird! Where could sh—\'

Before his could finish his thoughts, his instincts began to send alarm, forcing him to hurriedly dodge. Unfortunately, he was still a little late as a sword dug deep in his guts.

"Damn you!" Li Hai cursed as he caught the hand that had attacked him and did a sweep at his opponent.

But just like the previous time, the body dispersed as if she wasn\'t even there, leaving him utterly confused.

\'What\'s going on?\' He hurriedly circulated his Qi around his body to heal the wound, while looking around.

"Fine! Since you don\'t wish to confront me, I\'ll force you," Li Hai clicked his tongue and took out a small head from his Storage ring. It was very small, red in colour, and had flames engulfing it whole.

"Infernal Meteor Pearl!" Li Hai shouted, as he clutched the bead tightly in his hand.

In the next moment, all the sword flowing around him disappeared as hundreds of blazing meteor formed above his head and began to descend on the settlement.

Loud explosion destroyed the whole settlement as the metero struck it one by one, causing a scene of pure destruction and mayhem.

The whole area was engulfed in flames and tall pillars of black smoke rose in the air, forming clouds.

A loud clang sound reverberated in the area as Li Hai defended against his opponent and grinned.

"This time it\'s real you!" He said, as he deflected the incoming strike at him.

"You talk too much!" Lan Ming said and jerked her sword back, making some distance between Li Hai and herself.

Hovering above the burning settlement, Li Hai and Lan Ming looked at each other, fighting spirit burning in their eyes.

Then, all hell broke loose.

"World-Shattering Slash!" With a shout, Li Hai brought his saber down, making a giant blazing slash to descend upon the town.

If it wasn\'t destroyed already, it was gone now as the slashes passed right through Lan Ming and struck the ground, making a large crater on the ground along with a terrible destruction to the surroundings.

In response, Lan Ming just held her sword tightly in her hands and attacked Li Hai normally, using the sword technique she had practiced since her childhood.

With a speed fast enough to even blind a Nascent Soul Realm Cultivator, Lan Ming appeared before Li Hai and thrusted at him.

However, Li Hai still defended it, even if barely. Taking advantage of the fact that his opponent was close now, Li Hai went on full offensive as he used his oppressive, straightforward saber Technique to pressure Lan Ming.

After a few moments of clashes, Lan Ming realised how much of a disadvantage she was at. If it wasn\'t for her trench coat, she would already been wounded.

\'He is powerful!\' Lan Ming acknowledged, as she defended the powerfull strikes that were making her hands numb.

Even though Li Hai laughed and used a rather straightforward technique to corner his opponents, it was very effective in the way he used it.

Even after fighting for so long, Lan Ming had barely managed to find a few flaws in it, which was actually a miracle as she was a Sword Genius and even if saber wasn\'t particularly a sword, she could understand it very clearly.

If even she couldn\'t find proper flaws in his technique, that showed how much he had perfected it.

The two seemed to have forgotten where they were fighting and began to go sideways, destroying everything in their wake. Their clashes comprised from their technique, intent, and Qi controlled by a Nascent Soul, they had become too dangerous.

Finally, after they had wandered off too far from the settlement, Lan Ming did a slight mistake as the angle of her sword\'s blade was slightly off from where she wanted it too.

How could Li Hai miss such an opportunity? He instantly infused his Saber Intent in his saber and did a powerful sweep at Lan Ming\'s neck, while also keeping a close eye on her.

He expected her to disappear again like previous times, some news keeping an eye on her but in the next moment, his eyes widened in surprise when he felt resistance from his saber.

He looked in horror at his saber, which has stopped a few inches away from Lan Ming\'s neck, as it struggled to go more.

Knowing that the situation was off, Li Hai abandoned the Saber and tried to back. Unfortunately, minor mistakes in battles like this could cause heavy consequences.

And Li Hai suffered because of it, as a black sword cut through the air and dug deep in his chest, ignoring every bit of resistance his body and armour could offer.

It continued to cut everything it encountered, including his core which now had many cracks on it. Slowly, they grew in number before the core completely collapsed.

"Agh!!" Li Hai coughed up blood, as a terrible pain assaulted all of his senses. Gritting his teeth, he kicked at his opponent forcing her to let go of him.

As his cultivation was abolished because of the destruction of his core, he also lost the ability to fly and dropped from the skies like a speeding meteor.

Only, he wasn\'t burning and his fall only made a small crater. As he lay there in the middle, Li Hai finally registered what happened.

With a tired laugh, he said weakly, "This was a good battle."

Soon, he heard some footsteps and turned his head to the sides, only to see his opponent dragging his saber down in the crater.

She placed it on top of him and collapsed on the ground. Li Hai could heard the laboured breathing from behind the mask, which made his heart a little calm.

"That was a nice trick, little Girl. How did you do that exactly?" Li Hai asked, as he tried to relax his body to have a few more moments to live.

He still wanted to live for a while, all because he needed answers to his questions. So, he refused to die.

"You mean the last one?" Lan Ming asked. "It was a trick, actually. I just used planted a seed of mysteriousness in your mind in start and used it to defeat you at the moment you felt confident yet wary of me."

A smile formed on her lips, as she said, "Yes, it\'s all trickery which led to your demise."